Indigenous Peoples in International Law - LAWS3713
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: Completion of 78 UOC in LAWS courses including either Law in the Global Context (LAWS2270) or Public International Law (LAWS3381).
Excluded: JURD7613, LAWS8413
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
The past three decades have seen the worlds more than 300 million indigenous people make significant advances in international law with the recognition of Indigenous rights through current and newly established mechanisms that advance the development of norms relating to Indigenous rights. This course synthesises the contemporary international law pertaining to in particular the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Main Topics
- Who are ips? What is the right to selfdetermination?
- United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations
- United Nations Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples
- United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
- World Bank, IMF, MNCs and economic development
- WTO: TRIPS, GASCM and FTAs
- Indigenous Knowledge: WIPO, CBD, Climate change
- ILO
- OAS
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.
Main Topics
- Who are ips? What is the right to selfdetermination?
- United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations
- United Nations Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples
- United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
- World Bank, IMF, MNCs and economic development
- WTO: TRIPS, GASCM and FTAs
- Indigenous Knowledge: WIPO, CBD, Climate change
- ILO
- OAS
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.
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